myelin Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Here are a few photos from my nano tank today. I'm working on a way to keep the moonlight attached to the hood. I'm just too lazy to implement it! Link to comment
myelin Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 These are from the beginning as a comparison. I'm just another broke college student, so I can't afford a ton of coral, yet. Link to comment
Sltwtr4lfe Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 hey what is your moon light made of? can we get a pic? Link to comment
Kalanianaole Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 I feel you on being strapped for cash. Good choice on the bubble and frogspawn in the meantime. So do you go to NTU? My brother's leaving for Denton in a few hours, cos he's prolly gonna transfer there. Email or PM me as soon as you get this cos I just fragged some anthellia if you'd like it. Hopefully I can coax him into delivering it to you I catch him in time. Link to comment
Chronicles Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 What lights are you using? Link to comment
BallR Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Yuurp what R the SPECS on ur creation , any drawbacks of havin a 12G eclipse NAno...speak from EXP *BALL TiLL U FALL* Link to comment
cjm033 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 can i see the plans for your top off? thanks,Chris Link to comment
myelin Posted August 4, 2003 Author Share Posted August 4, 2003 Sltwtr4lfe: I made the moonlight from a blue cold cathode tube. I had my gf pick one up at CompUSA. They were out of the 1 tube model, so she got me the 2 tube model. I basically took an old power supply from a cd player, spliced it into the cold cathode transformer, and bam. I ended up clipping one tube off since it was too much light. I'll get you a photo of the setup when I get back home. BallR: Say foo, what 'chu been up to? Damn, I was just 'round the co'na slangin dat uhhhhhhhh to make a dizzolla. Fa'show, I ain't got no remorse for dem 12 gallons of lovin mang. The only thing buggin' on me is dat acrylic shizzle yo! It be scratchin' mo' than this one time I got wit dis woman, and I had dis' bad itch. Anyhow, do it playa. Chronicles: I am using 1 32w CSL Retro and a cold cathode tube for a moon light. Kalanianaole: Small world! Yes, I attend UNT in Denton. I will PM you later and try to see if I can get a frag from you. That would be cool! Maybe I could hit you back someday with something. Hopefully it's not too late! cjm033: That topoff I have it very simple. You need the following: 1 peanut butter jar 1/4" airline tubing silicone (I used RTV silicone found in the automotive dept. at Wal Mart) 1/4" mister valve (I found this in the garden center at Super Wal Mart) Drill a 1/4" hole in the jar, and a smaller one in the top to allow water to escape from the tube. Insert the tube into the 1/4" hole and seal with silicone. Let it dry, then attach the valve, then attach the other piece of airline tubing. I mix kalk and RODI and drip it about 1 drop/20 seconds. I got this idea from another person on the board, so copy away! Link to comment
myelin Posted August 4, 2003 Author Share Posted August 4, 2003 Another note, I also have a healthy torch coral, but it fell behind the LR after I was scrubbing the tank. The tank specs are as follows: Eclipse 12 Gallon Aquaclear Mini HOB filter Aquaclear surface skimmer Rio 50 Rio 90 50w heater CSL 32w retro lighting Cold cathode moon light black background (reversable to blue) ~22 lbs Fiji LR ~18 lbs LS 15 blue leg hermits 2 Astera snails 2 Emerald Crabs 1 Peppermint Shrimp 1 Coral Banded Shrimp 2 Ocerallis (sp?) Clowns 1 Yellow Watchman Goby I just purchased the coral banded shrimp. So far, the peppermint shrimp and the CBS have been getting along. The CBS does look intimidating, but he is very slow. I will feed him krill (he likes it) so that he won't go hungry and hunt in the tank. The peppermint shrimp has calmed down quite a bit since the addition of the CBS. He doesn't frolick around the tank as much, but he still nips at me when I have my hand in the tank. One issue I had with the tank before I switched to sand was excess nutrient content. Having a bunch of inverts/fish means that I must feed more often. When I would feed, some excess food would creep between the cruched coral, and thus would harbor algae. I also fed frozne brine, which I believe was full of phosphates. I ran a PO4 sponge, and all seems well. All of the levels in the water are normal, except for the Nitrates. Nitrates are at about 20ppm. I assume this is because of the bioload from the critters. It really isn't that large of a deal. I change about a gallon each week, so the -trates are kept down to a minimum. Link to comment
Sltwtr4lfe Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 hey can the drips go a little fast and slower if needed? thanks for the lights pics will be nice and i was wondering if they look good? i heard that leds are the way to go? ohwell i will try ne thing Link to comment
myelin Posted August 4, 2003 Author Share Posted August 4, 2003 Yes, the valve is fully adjustable. Link to comment
KamDesai Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Tank and setup look awesome! Off topic, but how did you post all those pictures at once? Using a zip file? Was your zip file less than 100k to post those big pictures? I can't seem to post pictures unless I really shrink them down. Link to comment
myelin Posted August 5, 2003 Author Share Posted August 5, 2003 Originally posted by KamDesai Tank and setup look awesome! Off topic, but how did you post all those pictures at once? Using a zip file? Was your zip file less than 100k to post those big pictures? I can't seem to post pictures unless I really shrink them down. Howdy! What I did was apply for a nano-reef.com web hosting account. I haven't built my nano-reef website yet, so I just uploaded the images to the nano-reef.com webserver. I then clicked the IMG tag, and typed in the location of each photo. So, basically upload your photos to a webserver (webspace) like Webshots, then click the IMG tag, type in the web address of the photo (eg: http://www.nano-reef.com/koolaid/images/nano.jpg) and click on okay. It is really simple once you get the hang of it. Link to comment
myelin Posted August 5, 2003 Author Share Posted August 5, 2003 Oh, and my 2 clowns have started to get all snuggly with the frogspawn today. I just happened to look over, and the smaller clown was wiggling away in the middle of the FS. Cool! Link to comment
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